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},
{
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"(idiomatic) To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention."
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"code": "yue",
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"roman": "zo² ji⁵ jap⁶, jau⁶ ji⁵ ceot¹",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "左耳入，右耳出"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "一耳空入，一耳空出"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "當耳邊風"
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"roman": "dàng ěrbiānfēng",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "当耳边风"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "左耳朵進，右耳朵出"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "左耳朵进"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zuǒ ěrduo jìn, yòu ěrduo chū",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "右耳朵出"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "左耳進，右耳出"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "zuǒ'ěr jìn, yòu'ěr chū",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "右耳出"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "mennä yhdestä korvasta sisään ja toisesta ulos"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "entrer par une oreille et sortir par l’autre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "entrar por unha orella e saír pola outra"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "zum einen Ohr hinein- und zum anderen wieder hinausgehen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nichnás b'ózen aẖát vyatzá dérech haózen hashniyá",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "נִכְנַס בְּאֹזֶן אַחַת וְיָצָא דֶּרֶךְ הָאׂזְן הַשְּׁנִיָּה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "egyik fülén be, a másikon ki"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "innum eitt eyrað og útum hitt"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "masuk kuping kiri, keluar kuping kanan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hanjjok gwiro deutgo hanjjok gwiro heullyeobeorida",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "한쪽 귀로 듣고 한쪽 귀로 흘려버리다"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "jednym uchem wchodzi, a drugim wychodzi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "в одно́ у́хо влета́ет, в друго́е вылета́ет (v odnó úxo vletájet, v drugóje vyletájet, literally “flies in one ear, flies out the other”)",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "entrar por un oído y salir por el otro"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "oka cevitō vini marō cevitō vadileyyaḍaṁ",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "ఒక చెవితో విని మరో చెవితో వదిలెయ్యడం"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "เข้าหูซ้ายทะลุหูขวา"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "nói đâu quên đấy"
}
]
}
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zo² ji⁵ jap⁶, jau⁶ ji⁵ ceot¹",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "左耳入，右耳出"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "Tsi̍t hīnn-khang ji̍p, tsi̍t hīnn-khang tshut",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "一耳空入，一耳空出"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "當耳邊風"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàng ěrbiānfēng",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "当耳边风"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "左耳朵進，右耳朵出"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "左耳朵进"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuǒ ěrduo jìn, yòu ěrduo chū",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "右耳朵出"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "左耳進，右耳出"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "左耳进"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuǒ'ěr jìn, yòu'ěr chū",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "右耳出"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "mennä yhdestä korvasta sisään ja toisesta ulos"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "entrer par une oreille et sortir par l’autre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "entrar por unha orella e saír pola outra"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "zum einen Ohr hinein- und zum anderen wieder hinausgehen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nichnás b'ózen aẖát vyatzá dérech haózen hashniyá",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "נִכְנַס בְּאֹזֶן אַחַת וְיָצָא דֶּרֶךְ הָאׂזְן הַשְּׁנִיָּה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "egyik fülén be, a másikon ki"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "innum eitt eyrað og útum hitt"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "masuk kuping kiri, keluar kuping kanan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hanjjok gwiro deutgo hanjjok gwiro heullyeobeorida",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "한쪽 귀로 듣고 한쪽 귀로 흘려버리다"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "jednym uchem wchodzi, a drugim wychodzi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "в одно́ у́хо влета́ет, в друго́е вылета́ет (v odnó úxo vletájet, v drugóje vyletájet, literally “flies in one ear, flies out the other”)",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "entrar por un oído y salir por el otro"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "oka cevitō vini marō cevitō vadileyyaḍaṁ",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "ఒక చెవితో విని మరో చెవితో వదిలెయ్యడం"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "เข้าหูซ้ายทะลุหูขวา"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "nói đâu quên đấy"
}
],
"word": "go in one ear and out the other"
}
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